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Trojan Times
Nodaway-Holt Elementary School
“Quality Education Today for a Successful Tomorrow”

Volume 11/12, Issue 3 October 28, 2011

Character word for November: Citizenship – Being loyal to your
school, community, and country.
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Trivia Night and Silent Auction you will join us for an evening of fun,
Hopefully you have your visiting with friends, and a chance for
calendars marked for Saturday, our elementary school to raise money
November 12th for our third annual this year.
Elementary Trivia Night & Silent Mark your calendar for November 12!
Auction. We have decided to continue ---Mrs. Carroll
this FUNdraiser because everyone had
such a FUN time! We will be raising Dismissals in November
money to support various web-based Wed. Nov. 9 1:00
programs that students use to keep their Nov. 23 – 27 No School
skills sharp. The evening is set to run HAPPY THANKSGIVING
from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Doors will open at
6:15 p.m. – have your teams ready for
the first question at 7:00! There will be
snacks, prizes for the winning team, door NO
prizes and a great deal of fun for all.
For the Trivia Contest, the entry HOMEWORK CLUB
fee is $30 for a team, with a maximum
of six people on a team. Teams may MONDAY
send their entry fee and the names of
team members to the elementary school
OCTOBER 31
office. Students who bring in a paid
team registration will be in a drawing
for a $20 gift card from Wal-Mart. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
The drawing will be held Nov. 1 The
trivia questions will be over a wide
variety of topics…so just because you KEEP COLLECTING BOX TOPS
have been out of school a “couple” of AND LABELS FOR EDUCTION!
years, you will still have fun and
probably know more than you may We recently mailed in the box
think! tops collected so far this year. We have a
The Silent Auction will begin at cash value of $587.20!!!! Thanks so
6:15 p.m., and you will have time much!!
throughout the evening to bid on the
items as well. There will be a wide SKIP Meeting
variety of items to bid on, including At the October SKIP meeting
“theme baskets” (chocolate, Bearcats, parents made plans for Trivia Night. The
relaxation, cooking) made by each class group decided to put together a
in our building as well as a handmade “cooking” basket for the silent auction at
twig bench. Trivia Night. Donations can be sent to
More information will come the elementary school office. Any parent
home later in a flyer, and will be posted interested in being on a trivia team can
on the school website as well. We hope contact Sarah Clement.
Plans were also discussed for the library and classrooms. A special
several activities in the month of thanks to Gayle Saxton for volunteering
December. Those activities include the each day the fair was open.
holiday movie, refreshments for the Students who purchased books
Christmas play and activities on the last were able to put their name in a drawing
day of the semester. Final plans will be for a free poster. Poster winners were
made at the next SKIP meeting on Treyton Plummer, Breanna George,
November 15 at 7pm. Dasen Wilmes, Phoebe Gard, Kaylee
For more information about the Boston and Emma Bohannon.
SKIP group contact Sarah Clement at Again, thanks for your support
clment_srh@yahoo.com . Many and we'll see you at the next fair!
involved parents makes light work for all ---Carla Taylor
and great enjoyment for the kids.
Trivia Night Donations
Mark Twain Club We are asking for help from the
Mark Twain Club met on parents in each of the classrooms in
Wednesday, Oct. 19 to celebrate heroes creating our Trivia Night baskets. Each
and the award-winning book Captain classroom is sponsoring a different
Nobody. In the novel, a young boy “theme basket” that we will be
becomes a super hero after his brother is auctioning off. The teachers will let the
injured in a football game. As he students know what the theme is,
develops his alter ego in the form of donations towards that basket would be
Captain Nobody, he discovers the true appreciated. If you do not have an item,
traits that make him a hero in real life. but want to send a monetary donation to
Students created acrostic poems with help fill the basket,that would be greatly
names of super heroes that described the appreciated too!
traits that make someone a hero. Remember, we are using this
The club decided to honor Fred activity as our fundraiser again this year.
Guthrie, hero of this summer’s flood, The money will help us purchase
who was swept away by flood waters in supplemental reading material and web-
August at Big Lake. Club members based programs that the students use
donated $101.05 to Trooper Guthrie’s both at school and at home. Hopefully
family. Roxanne Coffelt, Fred’s first this will be as successful as past two
cousin, came and spoke to the group years and we will not have to rely on
about her cousin, showed pictures, and selling items. Thanks for helping us
thanked them for their generous provide a fun and entertaining event for
donations. the community, as well as raising money
The next meeting will be on for our school
Tuesday, Nov. 22, and the theme will the
Eric Berlin’s novel The Potato Chip Parent/Teacher Conferences
Puzzles. Thanks to all parents who took
time from their busy schedules to come
Library News and visit with your child’s teacher. It is
Thanks to all the students, important to keep informed of your
parents, and teachers who visited the child’s progress. Again thanks for your
Bookfair. Although we didn't make as attendance.
much as we have in the past it was still a
success and the profits will be used to
purchase new books and materials for
Halloween Parties First Grade News
Halloween parties will be on It was great to see so many
Monday, October 31st. Our parade of parents at parent-teacher conferences.
costumes will begin at 2:50 and will end It’s exciting to look back and see the
with all of the students in the gym. The progress your children are making in
classroom parties will then begin shortly first grade!
after the parade of costumes. Thank you A big thank you to the parents
in advance if you signed up to be a who helped to make our field trip a big
Room Parent for our Halloween party, success! The kids really seemed to
we appreciate your time and your help in enjoy their day in Kansas City and thank
providing a fun time for the kids. you for helping Mrs. Ferguson and I
keep a close eye on them.
Kindergarten News Spelling and reading will become
We have started a new reading more challenging as we add the r-blend
unit on friends. With this unit we will be words. You should continue to see your
learning new words, letters, and sounds. first grader blending and reading
Words your child can read: I, can, we, unknown words as they are reading.
the, like, a. Sounds your child can Please continue to review the high-
connect with its letter: Aa, Mm, Pp, Ss. frequency words I sent home with the
ABABABABAB midterm reports.
You may wonder what your child Thank you for reading so much
means if he/she mentions an AB pattern. with your little one!
In kindergarten, much of our math time --- Mrs. Leeper
is spent on patterning. This is an
important skill for children to Second Grade News
understand. When working on our Thanks to all of the parents that
calendar this month I created an AB were able to attend parent teacher
pattern. Each day on the calendar has a conferences. I enjoyed talking with you
yellow leaf or a red leaf. So our pattern about your child’s progress. The
is YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, RED, students are all working hard and
YELLOW, RED or AB, AB, AB, AB. making progress since the beginning of
Many children are able to count the year. Remember to have your child
to 39. This is wonderful! Please read at least 60 minutes per week. It’s
continue to encourage this counting, as best if you can have them read aloud to
our end of the year goal is for everyone you or partner reading is also beneficial.
to count to 100 independently. We will progress monitoring in reading
Congratulations to Natasha, this week. I am expecting big
Ryan, and Gage who have added their improvements from the second graders!
names to our “I Can Tie!” door. Trivia Night is quickly
As the weather cools off and you approaching. Remember to send $2.00
send your child with warm coats, hats, to help with the cost of our class basket.
and mittens, please practice zipping The theme is NWMSU Bearcats. If you
coats and be sure your child can do it on prefer, you are welcome to bring Bearcat
their own. items to add to the basket.
Thank you for everyone’s time at The Halloween party will be
conferences. I enjoyed visiting with all Monday, October 31. We will begin
of you! changing into our costumes at 2:30. The
---Ms. Greenlee parade will begin at 2:50 followed by
our classroom party. If your child has
makeup to wear, they will have to put it a bit of time working on adding two-
on themselves at 2:30 or you may come digit numbers mentally. We have also
and help them at that time. practiced telling time to the nearest five
We began learning about Native minutes and counting quarters.
Americans this week. Students learned Multiplication is coming soon!
that the plains region is known for their I really enjoyed visiting with all
use of the buffalo and that Native of you at conferences. Your children are
Americans in the Eastern Woodlands great and I enjoy working with them.
used trees for almost everything. We ---Mrs. Jones
will continue learning about the different
regions in the next couple of weeks. Fourth Grade News
Using graphic organizers I enjoyed visiting with everyone
students are learning to write summaries during conferences. The students are
of stories that they have read in reading. working very hard. In reading we have
Good readers, like my second graders, finished a unit about China. We had a
will think about the beginning, middle guest speaker come and show us pictures
and end as they read. Other skills we are of China. I hope the students enjoyed the
learning are blends, digraphs ai and ay, presentation. This week we started our
synonyms, and antonyms. new unit about Inventors. Students will
--- Mrs. Shamberger be reading biographies about Thomas
Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and
Third Grade News Clara Barton. Our skill this week is
Our theme study right now is the problem, action, solution.
Earth, Moon, and Sun relationships. The We have started multiplication!
students are really enjoying this theme. Students need to know all basic facts
We will start observing the moon next including 11’s and 12’s. We have
week and learning about the phases. The learned a lot of tricks to help us however
students also enjoyed watching shadows memorizing will make math faster and
this week. It was amazing to actually easier! Students have to know their basic
see the Earth move. We saw changes in facts to be successful in our upcoming
shadows in a matter of minutes! concepts. I will be sending home
Reading is going well! We are practice sheets to help students with
making lots of progress. Students are mastery.
working on Week 4 in Unit 2. Fact and We have started new units in
opinion was our focus last week. science and social studies too. In science
Recently, we worked on fantasy and we are studying the changes of Earth
reality. Summarizing and main idea and surfaces. We will examine rocks and
details are strategies we work on fossils along with learning the process of
continuously. Fluency is very important erosion. In social studies we started our
and any time you can practice that at unit on the Missouri Constitution. We
home is helpful. The students bring will be learning about the state power
home the sheets they read in class about and laws.
once a week. Try to read those at home. If you have any questions
I hope you are enjoying the books I send regarding your child’s education please
home each week. They are always contact me through e- mail or by calling
related to the theme of the week. the school. Thank you for all you do at
Thanks! home to show your support. Have a great
Students are continually gaining weekend!
new skills in Math. We have spent quite ---Mrs. Lammert
Sixth Grade News
Fifth Grade News Sept. 27 - 30
Thanks to all the fifth grade In 6th grade this week we enjoyed
parents for your attendance at last a three day weekend because of a
week’s conferences. I appreciate your teachers meeting. We started a time
input and always welcome your line of our lives compared to what
concerns and questions. Thank you for happened in the world for Social
your honest response to the zoo survey. Studies, in band we have started our
You overwhelmingly have chosen this school song. In Reading we have been
great educational opportunity for your working on a basic survival skills
child! More details to follow. brochure since we are reading the book
The class has chosen the Hatchet, which is about a boy who
University of Missouri (Mizzou) as our survives in the Canadian wilderness, also
basket theme for the silent auction at in reading our poster book reports are
Trivia Night on Nov. 12. So far, we due Friday! In math on our power up we
have a mug, poster, cap, socks, sign, have been working on multiplication, in
string bag, and $15 cash (for me to shop language arts we have been working on
for MU items). Your contributions are our poetry, nouns, and verbs. In science
greatly appreciated. I challenge parents we went over a test over pendulums. So
to get a team together and see if you can there are the things or activity we did for
beat my team . this week.
Congratulations to all the fifth Tad and Tommy
graders who qualified for the first October 3 - 7
quarter I CAN CLUB. We had a great This week in the 6th grade we
time bowling last week. The students have had a great week. Monday through
are super motivated to have had 100% Friday in language we have been
earn this reward and want to make sure working on poems, verbs, and helping
they all make it each quarter! (Ask your verbs. Though the week in reading we
child who is the bowling queen???) worked on Hatchet and watched a movie
Please remember that the that is similar that is called A Cry in the
students’ October book reports are due Wild, we are taking notes so we can do a
on Oct. 31. The class is having fun with comparison project about how the book
these new reports. Also, each student and movie are alike and different. For
needs to read and pass the reading Social Studies on we worked on chapter
counts quiz on TWO Mark Twain 2 on the scientist that study prehistory,
winners for October-March. The Nov. next we did chapter 3 “Views of the
requirements and scoring guide will be World,” and finally we read chapter 4
coming home Nov. 1. The students will “Before Written History.” The rest of the
be making a “sandwich” report. week we worked on Social Studies study
The class is mostly healthy again guide to prepare for the unit test. In math
after a few weeks of the “creep and we worked on multiplication and
crud.” Parents of sick children did a investigation 2 on fractions. In spelling
great job getting their homework and we did idiom sentences and did studied
checking the website daily to keep them thick and chance word forms and
caught up. All parents are encouraged to antonyms. So there are the things we did
check out the site daily. this week.
---Mrs. Lemar Tad Smock and Angelique Patton
October 10th - 14th medications must be brought to the
This week the 6th grade started a office.
Hatchet inspiration about differences and With holiday parties just around the
similarities on the book and movie with corner, I wanted to remind you that the
partners, however, by ourselves we had school requests that you NOT bring
to write a paragraph about the homemade treats due to state
inspiration. In Social Studies we had a recommendations. Treats brought to
test, everyone got good grades. Right school must be store bought, or made in
now we are doing a Chincoteague a state approved bakery. This is also the
Inspiration from our new book Misty of request for birthday parties as well.
Chincoteague, we became experts on --Mrs. DeVault, RN, BSN, School Nurse
three different topics then came together
to share our finished project. We have School Webpage
been working on poems and we are close Be sure to check out the school’s
to being done with all 10 poems. The webpage on a regular basis to keep
poems are due November 4th, and then informed of the upcoming events at
we will send them in to a contest. school. This is a great place to find
Hopefully some of us will win! information about both buildings.
Cole and Angelique http://nodholt.k12.mo.us/
--Mrs. Ingram
Calendar of Events
Notes from the Nurse Oct. 31 Halloween Parade 2:50
Hope this finds you keeping Nov. 4 Character Assembly 3:00
warm and feeling well. We have had a Nov. 9 Early dismissal 1:00
major surge of respiratory illness in the NOV. 12 TRIVIA NIGHT
district lately. Please keep your child Nov. 15 SKIP meeting 7:00
home if they are not feeling well. Please Nov. 16 2nd Quarter Mid-term
remember, if you are keeping your child Nov. 22 Mark Twain Club (3;20 – 5:15)
home, we ask that you notify the school Nov. 23 - 25 NO SCHOOL
by 9 a.m. Also, as we are required to Nov. 29 Literacy Night
keep records of illness for the
Department of Health, you may be asked Youth Bowling
to give us the nature of the symptoms Youth bowling leagues are
your child is experiencing. If you notify currently forming at Bearcat Lanes in
us with a note brought to school with a Maryville. If your child is interested in
sibling, please be sure to include this bowling on a youth league, please
information. contact Bearcat Lanes at 660.582.2571.
Children who need to receive
prescription or specific over the counter Super Hero Poems
medications at school must bring the Great honesty toward
medication in a prescription container Obedience
clearly labeled, or the original Unique personality
packaging. A parent signed Lovely manners
“Administration of Medications to
Students” permission form must Good flexibility
accompany the medication. Forms are Always compassionate
attached to the school handbook, or are Lots of mystery
available through the school office. All By: Kailey and Kaitlynn
Can hide from evil.
Always looking out for trouble.
Making sure the world is safe
Outlast any danger
Fights evil by shouting out camouflage
to people in need of help.
Laughs when she blends in.
Any boy or girl in trouble, she will same
them
Urreca is her secret
Gets her job done fast
Eats good to stay healthy
Gathers her materials that she would
need
Incredible at helping people blend in
Rather help people than fight people
Lets camouflage come out of her hands
to help people blend in from danger.
By: Makayla and Mikala

Self-control
Use your manners
Patience
Energy
Respect
Muscular
Athletic
Non-stop action
By: Jadin, Treyton, and Angelique

Brave
Awesome
Tolerance
Manners
Athletic
Non-stoppable
By: Kaylynn, Zane, and Dakota